Jimmy Woo? Please don't tease me with the possibility of the Agents of Atlas making the leap into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I'm still smarting from the cancellation of their comic(s).

And given the Man-Thing, could Howard the Duck be waiting in the wings (yeah, I know)? HtD is a character that desperately needs to have his initial piece of garbage cinematic appearance expunged from the collective cultural memory, and replaced by one that skews much closer to Steve Gerber's comic.

This was a genuinely good, insightful interview. Way back in the heyday of Good Times, I was a huge fan of that show and of Jimmie Walker. I even joined his fan club, which seems surreal to me; I got a 8x10 of him with DY-NO-MITE! and a pair of tube socks with his image on them. After I turned 10, the show and he lost…

There are several really good scenes in which Wayne does some interesting work. That's a truly dark character, and Wayne was playing him at the height of his popularity. It was an interesting and risk-taking choice of role.

Personally, it's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon that convinced me Wayne was, when motivated, a truly good actor. That scene between him and Lee Marvin in Valance where he tells Valance to pick up the steak from the floor shows a spectrum of emotions across Wayne's face - eagerness for…

Reminds me of the bank robbery scene from Gun Crazy.

…and Viva Shaf Vegas…"BERMUDAAAA!"

If you haven't seen the original Cosmos, then I suggest seeking it out. I like this incarnation of it, but Sagan's original is much more lyrical (though firmly based in science-as-fact-not-opinion) and contemplative. This new continuation/iteration/whatever is coming from a slightly different approach, and Sagan's…

Yeah, those interactions between Meyers and Armisen are what I've come to look forward to on the show. Besides Armisen's weirdness in and of itself, it seems to loosen Meyers up.

"Jarring" is a good way to put it, though it doesn't unsettle me. It often seems really self-indulgent, though. However, Ferguson has used that format to deliver some fascinating, and serious, monologues that are really insightful, and which his format seems to lend some added punch.

Yeah, his interview style, as with Robyn Doolittle, seemed more like a real conversation, and it was clear Meyers had read her book.

That's a great analysis, and I completely agree.

I agree. The article seems of two minds - on one hand, the writer essentially says, "hey, it's the first week, let's see how things shake out," and then spends the rest of the article sounding the death knell for Fallon's Tonight Show.

Fallon is genuinely funny when he and Steve Higgins begin bantering. They have phenomenal chemistry, and Higgins clearly has the sharper, more Letterman-esque sense of humor. Fallon rises to the occasion when the two begin to bounce off each other, and you can see that he has a darker, more sharp-edged side to him.…

I have to agree with much of what you say here, but I was an avid viewer of his from his days of guest hosting the Tonight Show, his own morning show(!), and then Late Night, and I felt his move to 11:30 took away a good chunk of what I loved about his show. I was, and am, still a fan, and he definitely was great from…

Man, Letterman in the '80s was as good as late night TV got. His show had a loose, jangly, anything-can happen air to it. He had weird guests like Brother Theodore, Chris Elliott came on and did bizarre bits like a Marlon Brando impression, and he was apparently willing to interview anyone, and had no qualms about…

I'm glad you said that. Plus, calling him "corniest man in America" denotes an obliviousness to just how dark and brutal his stand-up could be. The "Rappin' Rodney" stuff was garbage, but he was far from corny.

I like BBT, but what it does that aggravates me is the way it depicts how "geeky" they are by using facile, obvious examples: it's all Star Wars and whatever happens to be currently hip in the geek realm. If one of them mentioned collecting Dagar the Invincible comics, Ace Doubles, or vintage Johhny Lightning cars, I…

I swear I remember Jeremy Piven also using that term when he was on a talk show - Letterman, perhaps? - and at the time I thought he was just being nasty. Now, I'm sure he was simply making a rueful reference to the hatefulness that was slung at Degeneres after her coming out, and was just trying to point it out in a…

I was watching the show regularly back then, too, and I also recall that it wasn't one that made me laugh very often. It was pleasant, to be sure, and I think I watched it more due to the likability of the cast than anything else. You're spot-on in saying it could be as bland as any bog standard sitcom. That's why I…